Satellite imagery base map
The planet is drawn from real satellite and aerial photography, sharpening as you descend towards the surface.
Source: Esri World Imagery, with NASA Blue Marble as the light option
Earth from orbit, drawn from live public data
Real satellite imagery for the planet itself, live cloud and rain radar over the top, shaded relief underneath, and thousands of aircraft, satellites and quakes moving across it. Every layer is labelled with the feed it came from, and nothing is simulated.
What sits on the globe
Cloud cover
Infrared satellite cloud composite wrapped over the globe, refreshed roughly every ten minutes.
Precipitation radar
Global radar and nowcast mosaic showing rain and snow where radar coverage exists.
Source: RainViewer global radar mosaic
Terrain elevation
Shaded relief from elevation models, so mountains and trenches read as real ground.
Aircraft
Live positions from community receivers, with callsign, operator, type, altitude, speed and squawk. Lock on for a trail and a cockpit view.
Source: ADSB.lol community network
Satellites and passes
Real orbits propagated from public element sets, showing altitude, orbital speed, period, inclination and the next visible passes over your view.
Source: CelesTrak GP element sets, propagated locally with SGP4
Earthquakes
Every quake of magnitude 2.5 and above in the past seven days, sized by magnitude.
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
Events in the news and public cameras
Open wildfires, storms, volcanoes and floods, plus roadside camera stills where an authority publishes them openly.
Ways to fly it
- Tap any moving marker to lock on, draw its trail and open the cockpit readout.
- Switch between the live feed and playback to replay everything recorded since you locked on.
- Choose normal, night, thermal or tactical vision, and orbit, chase or cockpit cameras.
- Speak a command such as “take me to Heathrow”, “track the nearest plane” or “reset the globe”.
- Copy a link that carries your camera position and locked target with it.